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Asmer Dominates as Grubmüller Shines |
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Tuesday, 24 April 2007 |
Hitech Racing dominated the two qualifying sessions for rounds three and four of the Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series at Donington Park this weekend. Estonian Marko Asmer carried his impressive testing pace into the weekend to clinch pole position for both races tomorrow.
His team-mate, Austrian Walter Grubmüller, also made an impressive mark on the British F3 field, ending both sessions inside the top ten with ninth and seventh places for the two races.
The Dallara F307 Mercedes HWA drivers’ turn of speed pleased team boss
David Hayle, who, along with both Marko and Walter, is looking forward
to the two races on Sunday.
David Hayle: "We're really pleased that we've managed to bring the pace
from testing through into qualifying, especially with Marko taking pole
for both races. The first session was easy for him, but we made some
changes to the car for the second session and maybe it wasn't quite
right as he had to work harder.
"It's a big improvement from Walter, though. Another tenth of a second
in the second session and he would have been into the top six, which is
fantastic. He's closed the gap to Marko, which we're really happy
about. If Marko can get away from the rest of the grid at the start of
the two races tomorrow, with Walter fighting too it should be good for
us."
Marko Asmer: Car #7 "The first session was a good run. The car was very
good and the times just came really easily. The second session was
definitely harder. We changed the set-up on the car between the two and
it was not as good, it was a poor lap to get pole. Speed-wise we are
good and hopefully I can get away at the start in the two races
tomorrow.”
Walter Grubmüller: Car #6 "The first session was quite busy and I had
to find a place in the traffic to get a good lap. I maybe could have
gone another tenth of a second faster, which would have moved me up a
place for race one. The second session was really good. I'm pleased
with my position and if we stay where we are or move up then we will
score some good points."
The two 30-minute races are scheduled to take place at 12:30 and 15:30 tomorrow.
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